Monday, November 13, 2017
This video tweeted by Massachusetts Math teacher Kim Spek made me very happy today. h/t to Sarah Carleton Perfect statement illustrating the intersection of science, math, theater and wonder…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:54PMThursday, November 9, 2017
There was a piece in Harvard Business Review that made me realize we need to place “finding one’s purpose in life” in the same category as concepts about finding true love…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 02:05AMWednesday, November 8, 2017
I have mentioned before that people don’t normally perceive a difference between non-profit and for-profit cultural organizations. Colleen Dilenschneider has a good summary of the rese…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:42AMMonday, November 6, 2017
When I was writing my post last week about research suggesting that creativity is often a choice people make, I kept seeing citations referencing an article written by Howard Becker. So I fo…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:04PMWednesday, November 1, 2017
Last week Isaac Kaplan wrote an editorial on Artsy about a study that suggested whether you were creative or not was partially a matter of perception. I might not have gone on to read the st…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:12PMTuesday, October 31, 2017
Over the last week you may have seen mention that after 10 years in existence, Createquity will be ceasing operations at the end of the 2017 calendar year. This is a great pity. One of the…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:33PMMonday, October 30, 2017
About two years ago I started an after (work) hours art show that would provide students and local artists an opportunity to show their work and get experience speaking about it with people …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:36PMWhen you are engaging in a significant construction or renovation project, you are going to want to solicit competing bids for the work that needs to be done. Many blueprint companies can he…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, October 25, 2017
Earlier this month Ian David Moss wrote a piece challenging the arts and culture community to evaluate the language and mindset in which we frame artistic and cultural expression and practic…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:06PMTuesday, October 24, 2017
There was recently a piece on The Conversation which, contrary to my expectation, said that tax deductibility rules allow charities to throw high priced galas and still maintain a low fundra…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:33PMMonday, October 23, 2017
As I promised in my last post, I took a deeper look at the Culture Track reporting over the weekend. More specifically, I took at a look at both the Top Line deck and Supporting Data docum…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:42PMWednesday, October 18, 2017
You may have already heard that the CultureTrack report was released yesterday. Compiled and released every three years by LaPlaca Cohen, the report helps track the ways in which attitudes t…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:42PMA friend of mine sent me a link to a YouTube video that suggests that the way humans walked changed with the evolution of footwear. For Europe this shift started around the 1500. People appa…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 02:48AMTuesday, October 17, 2017
Back in August I called attention to a transmedia project in Reading, PA, “This Is Reading,” that playwright Lynn Nottage and a host of others worked on creating to help the comm…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:06AMWednesday, October 11, 2017
When people are surveyed about what they want out of an interaction with the arts, among the top answers are authentic experience and an opportunity to share that experience with family and …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:36PMTuesday, October 10, 2017
Last week this tweet from Howard Sherman caught my eye. From the sports section, not the arts section. Hmmm. https://t.co/d6U75askEC — Howard Sherman (@HESherman) October 3, 2017 If yo…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:18PMThe Ohio Arts Council recently presented a webinar titled “Don’t Get Hacked,” aimed at providing tips, practices, and tools that will reduce vulnerability to data theft. Th…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, October 9, 2017
Back in August I presented material in a pre-conference session at the Arts Midwest (AMW) conference alongside AMW President/CEO David Fraher; Creating Connection Program Director Anne Romen…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:06PMWednesday, October 4, 2017
Back in August, I came across the most extreme example of failing to plan for an executive transition that I have seen to date. When the executive director of MarinSpace decided to step down…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:36PMIn a piece in on the Harvard Business Review site, food industry consultant Eddie Yoon notes that even as audiences show interest in cooking shows, the desire to cook is waning. Early in my …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:36AMMonday, October 2, 2017
You may remember that back in 2012 voters in Portland, OR approved a $35 flat tax to benefit arts education in schools. The tax has survived a number of legal challenges, but according to a …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:18PMWednesday, September 27, 2017
Over on ArtsHacker today, Ceci Dadisman wrote a post suggesting that the dreaded/derided QR code may be making a comeback thanks to improved functionality on Apple’s new iOS11. I have …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:24PMAs a person who has lived and worked in rural locations, I read an article about the Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF) on the Inside Philanthropy site with great interest. I thought some …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:18AMMonday, September 25, 2017
Last week I wrote about a blog entry Seth Godin made in January that examined phrases like “The purpose of society is to maximize profit” and “The only purpose of a company…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:04PMThursday, September 21, 2017
You haven’t been working in the non-profit arts and culture sector long enough or you haven’t been paying close enough attention if you haven’t heard/read someone say that …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 03:18AMRecently there was a new addition to the list of emergency preparation resources available to performing arts organizations. We have previously discussed ArtsReady which was created after Hu…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, September 20, 2017
Telling a story in an interesting and compelling way ain’t easy. Sure, we all know that, but an article about efforts Chinese creatives are making to tell their own stories through mus…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:24AMMonday, September 18, 2017
Last month Barry Hessenius made a post that expanded on a concept proposed management guru Peter Drucker’s article, “Managing Oneself,” that I wrote on a decade ago. Drucke…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:06PMThursday, September 14, 2017
There was a very interesting piece on Current.org last week about just how many truck drivers listen to NPR in seeming contrast to the ““business leader,” “educated lifelong lear…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:24AMWednesday, September 13, 2017
Tyler Cowen featured a study on the Marginal Revolution blog noting that children in India couldn’t do formal math problems, but had no difficulty finding the solution when it was fram…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:36AMMonday, September 11, 2017
I was catching up on episodes of This American Life this weekend and came across a great piece that illuminates so many underappreciated elements of the creative process. They speak to Telle…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:36PM 
